2. “all those activities undertaken
Black & William describe Formative Assessment as
by teachers, and by their students in assessing themselves,
which provide information to be used as feedback to modify
the teaching and learning activities in which they are
engaged. Such assessment becomes “formative
assessment” when the evidence is actually used to adapt
the teaching work to meet learning needs.”
3. Formative Assessments help the
students understand where they
are headed, where they are right
now, and how they close the gap in
the area that they do not
understand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL54bfmZPzY
This short video shows the importance of formative assessments in a classroom
and how they help teachers change and focus their curriculum to better suit their
students.
4. Formative Assessments allow teachers to facilitate student
learning and helps the student to close the gap when there is
misunderstanding about a topic because the students are given
the feedback to help move their learning forward.
5. JOURNALS
My students have 3 journals
in their desks; one for math,
one for reading and one for
S.S. and Science. We use
these journals daily. I have
the students write, draw,
explain, and even question
content in these journals.
6. This was one of their
journal assignments. We
read a story together and I
modeled “thinking out
loud”. We then read
another story, we did this
process together. On day 3
this was their independent
practice. The stories
challenged them to ‘think
outside of the box.’
7. This was a child’s verison of a poem. I asked them
to draw a small sketch that went along with each stanza after we had discussed the
poem as a class.This was an easy way for me to check their understanding of the
poem.
8. The students were asked to
relate
their background knowledge
to what they read in the poem.
I also encourage my students
to question what their reading
and ask them to write out their
thoughts.
9. These are both examples
of quick formative assessments.
We studied both the solar system
and the parts of a plant. These
simple drawings helped me evaluate
each child’s understanding very
quickly. They were not graded. I leave
small notes and comments to help the
students understand how they can
correct the issues and grow in their
understanding.
10. This was a KWL chart that I had
my students complete after an
intense study of the voting
process and the two candidates.
We also followed this study by
having the students participate
in a mock election that included
the students having to register,
the ballets, booths, and the I
VOTED stickers.
